reminds me of aphex twin, good job !!! xx

Written by Swordman Kitala and @timkarbon
Remixed by @lotoretina
Mastered by IA00111
Type design by Paul Peyrolle
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"Swordman Kitala (Nyege Nyege) and Tim Karbon joined forces for their first duo release: 'SKTK', a 3 track EP including remixes from Loto Retina, Beatrix Weapons, Brodinski and Sébastien Forrester. The Ugandan MC and the French producer deliver 3 mental hybrid club cuts where Swordman bouncing vocalist mantra, mutant ad-libs and banshee screams melt with Tim’s UK funky / dancehall infused and raw mental beats. The four remixers were invited to deconstruct and expand sounds of each track for hybrid dancefloors."

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Swordman Kitala & Tim Karbon - Dingidingi Dole (Loto Retina Remix)

Prolific Japanese producer T5UMUT5UMU has built up a reputation in the last few years for his ability not just to recreate club styles but to flip them into almost unrecognizable dancefloor hybrids. "Sea of Trees" follows a blistering run of Bandcamp releases where T5UMUT5UMU has melted together gqom and techno, deconstructed grime and welded dubstep to traditional music from Japan and India. Here, he's operating completely off the grid, pulling raw materials from across the globe and hammering them into confounding shapes and patterns.

On its surface, 'Fireball' sounds like a liquid metal approximation of South African gqom, but move in closer and you can make out dubstep bass squelches, trap hats, and industrial techno jet propulsion filling in the gaps with rubberized mortar. 'Desert' is the EP's most lightheaded cut, a psychedelic percussive spiral that curves micro-tuned mbira clangs around bee sting bass, aerated noise blasts and sub-aqueous kicks. It's a hard track to place, but fits in somewhere between Donato Dozzy, Menzi and 33EMYBW, all shifting rhythms and precision-edited sound design.

'Sea of Trees' retains this momentum, pushing the tempo and interspersing woodblock vibrations with syncopated bass drums and goosebump-inducing synths, while closer 'Bottomless Valley' shifts back into a gqom framework, shuffling the expected pulse with a powerful dembow swing, half step subs and Indian-inspired rattles. "Asyl" is a varied but shockingly coherent statement from an enigmatic producer who refuses to confine himself to a single path, and at a time when "cross-genre" is the norm rather than the exception, it's refreshing to witness a producer who's unafraid to truly make stylistic left-turns, rather than simply mash together top-level aesthetics.

Sea of Trees

Bottomless Valley

Hedo Hydr8 delivers their uncompromising sophomore EP on Affected. Sometimes It's Hard is packed with modern, hardcore rave aesthetics and revisited oldschool sound design. 
Hedo Hydr8 themselves describe the EP as ‘body music to release your pent up energy’. They add: “We wanted to make club music that liberates itself from hierarchies and conventions in order to liberate the body — freeing its pent-up emotions.”
Hedo Hydr8’s sonics draw on a multitude of genres inside and outside of the rave environment, encompassing punishing beats, mind-altering sounds and beautiful moments of intense tranquillity.

Artwork by Caroline Vang 
Graphic Design by Daniel Lindholt
Master by SUGAR at Soundstuff Studios (Oral Exchange mastered by Enyang Urbiks)
Distributed by Triple VIsion

Sometimes It's Hard

Mass Assimilation (Arc'teryx Track)

Hedo Hydr8 - Mass Assimilation (Arc'teryx Track)

Timesaver is Xen Model’s third full length album and second release on the Causal Chain imprint. The 9-track LP stays true to the duo’s eccentric sound while delving into the introspective side of their productions. Club-focused head nodders “Pin Cycle”, “Face Forward”, and “Controller” accompany key tracks like “Arm’s Edge Reach” and “Grip Dial”, which channel the duo’s affinity for ambient music. “A Bright Star” spotlights a catchy guitar hook and features close collaborator 11ai. Xen Model’s signature play on halftime structure is engaged in bass-heavy cuts “Ripstream” and “Local Group”. The album comes to a close with a radio edit of their previously released track “Lurch”, which clusters the duo’s myriad styles and influences in an encapsulating statement of the Xen Model sound.

All tracks produced by Xen Model (@xenmodel).
Mixing and mastering by Xen Model.
Released by Causal Chain.
Album art by John Bonetti.

Timesaver

Pin Cycle

Xen Model - Pin Cycle

My ode to Chicago Footwork.

When you watch a footwork battle, there is a moment where the dancer becomes a pure physical embodiment of the music; the sound playing through the speakers is different; it's darker and heavier but still full of soul. This is battle music.

I'd like to acknowledge those who pioneered this sound and the struggles they faced for it to be taken seriously. 

Sounds of EQ Why, Jlin, DJ Spinn, DJ Rashad, Jana Rush, DJ Elmoe, RP Boo, Traxman, DJ Diamond, DJ Taye, Taso, and DJ Nate.

Enter the Circle

From Text Chunk and Sven K's 'Ouroboros', forthcoming via Infinite Drift.

Shameless ignorance is a virtue. You are stronger for embracing what you don't know. For cultivating and deepening huge gaping awareness voids, for literally, for shouting lalalalala and covering your ears in the presence of tidbits and instruction and teachings. You know enough. You know to like, share, listen to, repost widely Text Chunk's 'Senseless'. This is all that needs knowing.

@textchunk <3
@svenk666 <3
@infinite-drift <3

Text Chunk - Senseless [MK PREMIERE]

k:i:o:s:k brings together IDM breaks, experimental bass, and crystalline melodies on an upcoming EP on 00effort.

Read more on CxC 🔗 couvrexchefs.com/en/kiosk-00effort-desire-path

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Some nice dance tracks at a low tempo :)

https://lighghtmusic.bandcamp.com/album/mirror-witness-ep

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Emmanuel Jacob Lacopo - Buddha v.3
Zaumne - Oeil Rouge
hope spilling vessel - three new flowers
Iceboy Violet - Pablo's Cathedral [forthcoming Fixed Abode]
Omagoqa - Gqom In London
Tribal Brothers - Tribal Drums
Gafacci - Ravernomics
Ikävä Pii - Rhizomorph Era
ABADIR - Tzusing x The Chemical Brothers x Phelimuncasi x Afrika Bambaataa - Hey Balkanise mashup
Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam
Tomás Urquieta - K9999
Quixosis - Burundanger 2
Henzo - Cheapest Reverb
Newlandz Finest - Inganono (feat. Niseni)
Roska - Pree Me (feat. Nakamura Minami)
Tinchy Stryder, N-Dubz - Number 1 (SHALT Edit)
Zoë Mc Pherson - Lamella (Zoë Mc Pherson Rework)
VR Chads - L.I.T.E. (klahrk Remix)
jim legxacy/Acounta - dj/Round The World [MB edit]
Mujipuki - She Made Us Drinks
Asep Nayak - Nayaklak Werni Wamena Aworok Haok Nen
Lil Uzi Vert - Fire Alarm
grape milk - DEODORANT DUB
Resonant Language - Non-Scents
7038634357/Lana Del Rey - Perfect Night/Kintsugi [MB edit]
ZULI - Schex
Lý Trang - featherbrain
Angela Wai Nok Hui - the plum
Ragnar Johnsson & Jessica Mayer - Ommura Iyavati

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